WHAT: Noggin art & brains @ Portland Psychedelic conference 2019

We did it!

NW Noggin volunteers Aaron Eisen (a Portland State University graduate now at NUNM), Cam Howard, Sai Kiersarsky (fresh off two conferences in Chicago!), and fellow PSU undergraduate Philip Bouleh, and NW Noggin Brain Board member Denesa Lockwood from OHSU, were invited guests at the 2019 Portland Psychedelic conference at Revolution Hall!

WHERE: Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark Street, #203, Portland, OR 97214

WHEN: Saturday, October 26, 2019, 9:00am – 6:00pm

“The mystical experience is doubly valuable; it is valuable because it gives the experiencer a better understanding of (themselves) and the world and because it may help (them) to lead a less self-centered and more creative life.” — Aldous Huxley

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James Fadiman is the keynote speaker at the 2019 Portland Psychedelic Conference. Dr. Fadiman is a leading psychologist, psychedelic researcher, writer and co-founder of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (now Sofia University).

James Fadiman with Aaron Eisen, the NW Noggin Resource Council member for Communications  –  and a pipe cleaner neuron! From Aaron: “He asked about the neurons/NW Noggin and thought it was absolutely wonderful! He said a lot of PhD students stuck in labs could benefit from building pipe cleaner neurons and helping to educate youth!”

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“Thus began a third phase of psychedelic research…Whereas, in the first phase the participant’s experiences tended to be controlled and delimited, even if inadvertently, by the experimenter’s and the subject’s preconceptions, and in the second phase to be more uncontrolled and wide-ranging in scope, the emphasis now was on the selection of specific kinds of psychedelic experience and of specific ways to produce and maintain them.” — James Fadiman

Aaron, Cam, Sai, Philip and Denesa made pipe cleaner neurons, heard from leading researchers in the field, examined real human brains, and discussed the actions and effects of psychedelics with conference attendees…

Author, psychologist, researcher, and university co-founder James Fadiman with a rainbow noggin: Can’t think of a more appropriate 3D printed brain!

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A less self-centered and more creative life